Blackburn Rovers vs Reading

Championship

Blackburn

13-16-17

3-1

Final

Reading

13-13-20

Ewood Park

Match pulse

BLKAttacking pressure by 5 minutes

0'REA

54%Possession46%

16Shots5

5On target2

8Corners1

1Saves2

8Fouls12

Team	1H	2H	T
BLK	2	1	3
REA	1	0	1

Who won: Blackburn 3-1

Blackburn Rovers beat Reading 3-1 on Saturday, May 7, 2016 at Ewood Park. Goals for Blackburn: Elliott Bennett (8'), Danny Graham (14') and Simeon Jackson (86'). Goals for Reading: Yann Kermorgant (31').

Recap · May 7

Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Reading

What it means

Reading has dropped 5 of the last 5.
Blackburn has dropped 4 of the last 5.

Latest headlines

ESPN · 33m ago

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ESPN · 41m ago

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ESPN · Feb 17

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Lineups

Reading6th in English League One

Lineup (4-4-2)

1Ali Al-HabsiG
2Jake CooperCD-L
3Paul McShaneCD-R
4Chris GunterLB
5Garath McClearyRB
6Oliver NorwoodCM-L
7Daniel WilliamsCM-R
8Stephen QuinnLM
9Josh BarrettRM
10Deniss RakelsCF-L
11Yann KermorgantCF-R

Blackburn13th in English League Championship

Lineup (4-3-3)

1Jason SteeleG
2Grant HanleyCD-L
3Shane DuffyCD-R
4Matthew KilgallonLB
5Ben MarshallRB
6Jason LoweCM
7Jordi GómezLM
8Darragh LenihanRM
9Danny GrahamF
10Matt GrimesLF
11Elliott BennettRF

Head to head

BLK leads series 2-1-2

Last meeting: Reading 0, Blackburn 0 (Nov 23)

Last 5

REA

Lvs PNE1-2
T@ QPR1-1
Lvs HUL1-2
L@ LEE2-3
L@ MID1-2

BLK

W@ ROT1-0
Tvs BRC2-2
T@ NFO1-1
Lvs HUD0-2
T@ WOL0-0

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Game info

Venue: Ewood Park, Blackburn, England · Attendance 13,140

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